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Veeam free fails to create or open file

I have a VMWare environment that i want to backup. i am using the freeware version of Veeam backup and replication. I want to run the backup from the cli and then ultimately use task scheduler, when i try to run the following command

Find-VBRViEntity -Name badges | Start-VBRZip -Folder "b:\"

B: is a viable location, its a mounted network share. however i get the following error in the Veeam console log.

12/16/2016 4:00:35 PM :: Processing Badges Error: The system cannot find the path specified.Failed to create or open file [b:\Badges2016-12-16T160033.vbk].

I am running the above by opening powershell as administrator.

Solution

  • It won't work with a share mounted as network drive. Use UNC path or iSCSI if possible.